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- Fighting destiny
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2010
- A heroine considers her role in re-aligning attitudes in Peru. More »
- Our Land, Our Life
- Video Link | Feb 14, 2008
- The struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive ... More »
- Ethiopian women rediscover role as peace builders
- Feature Story | Jan 27, 2007
- By raising awareness of the suffering produced by conflicts, women help find alternatives to violence. More »
- First the rivers, then the forests: a fragile balance
- Feature Story | Sep 14, 2007
- Rural communities are struggling to survive as they lose their resources one at a time. More »
- Guardians of culture hold key to change
- Feature Story | Aug 15, 2006
- Local traditional healers work to transform views of women—and their role in Mozambique society. More »
- In Cambodia, climate extremes threaten an ancient community
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2007
- Unpredictable floods are destroying the rice crops of the Cham people, forcing families to migrate in a search for survival. More »
- In Peru, Oxfam helps mountain hamlets prepare for the next bout of bad weather
- Feature Story | May 30, 2007
- Acres of barley, gravity-fed sprinklers, and radio towers are some of the tools Oxfam has helped to provide Peruvian herders working high in the Andes. More »
- Interview: Humberto Piaguaje
- Feature Story | Jan 17, 2005
- Humberto Piaguaje is the representative of the Secoya people to the Assembly of Delegates of Communities Affected by Texaco. More »
- Interview: Mario Rodriguez
- Feature Story | Jul 19, 2006
- Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala. More »
- Interview: Pablo Fajardo
- Feature Story | Sep 28, 2004
- Pablo Fajardo is the Amazon Defense Front's legal coordinator for the case against Texaco. More »
- Letting gravity do the work, Oxfam irrigates pastures in Peru
- Feature Story | May 30, 2007
- Sprinklers help herders grow grass for their alpacas in the Andes. More »
- Looking to Sacha Inchi for their future
- Feature Story | Mar 25, 2009
- How indigenous farmers are growing an ancient plant that promises to bring new opportunities—and money—to the central Amazonian jungle. More »
- Mountain-grown barley helps Peru herders keep their alpacas strong
- Feature Story | May 30, 2007
- Herders at high altitudes are now growing fields of barley and oats to help tide their livestock over during harsh winter weather. More »
- New attention on ChevronTexaco case
- Feature Story | May 03, 2007
- President of Ecuador speaks out on environment as indigenous leaders press for justice at shareholder meeting. More »
- On the front lines of climate change: Nicaragua's Miskitos people
- Feature Story | Nov 29, 2007
- Central America's Miskitos Indians have been living in harmony with their remote jungle environment for centuries, but now they are falling victim to greater ... More »
- Oxfam funds fuel-efficient stoves that help women
- Feature Story | Feb 28, 2007
- A $132,000 program helps thousands of displaced women stay safer in Darfur by providing 4,200 households with fuel-efficient stoves. More »
- Peruvian village sees pollution, few benefits from gas pipeline project
- Feature Story | Apr 18, 2008
- Gas spills and lack of attention to community development raise questions in the forest villages of indigenous people affected by the Camisea pipeline. More »
- Peruvian villagers look beyond subsistence to their basic rights
- Feature Story | Mar 01, 2007
- Modest projects to grow food lead to a conviction to do more for a village and its children. More »
- Rodolfo Pocop: an indigenous perspective on mining in Guatemala
- Feature Story | Sep 15, 2005
- New economic realities in Central America reveal strong concerns about the future of Mayan culture. More »
- Spirit world
- Feature Story | Aug 15, 2006
- Acknowledging and working with spiritual leaders is essential to long-term changes leading to better respect for women and their rights. More »
- The Andean challenge: getting there and catching your breath
- Feature Story | Apr 02, 2007
- At 16,000 feet above sea level, the air is thin in the mountain hamlets of Peru. Oxfam America and its partner, Asociación Proyección, are reaching out to ... More »
- "This is the future"
- Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
- After centuries of discrimination and a decade of legal work supported by Oxfam, the indigenous Chiquitano people of eastern Bolivia now have legal title to ... More »
- "We are united"
- Feature Story | May 28, 2008
- An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land. More »
- "Without land there is no life"
- Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
- Elba Flores, head of research at the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS), describes the struggle of the Chiquitano people to overcome racism. More »
- Women are key to solving AIDS crisis in Southern Africa
- Feature Story | Dec 06, 2006
- Discrimination is at the root of the disproportionate burden of the disease on women. More »
- "This is the future"
- Audio Slideshow Link | May 15, 2008
- After centuries of discrimination and a decade of legal work supported by Oxfam, the indigenous Chiquitano of eastern Bolivia people now have legal title to ... More »
- Song of the Forest
- Audio Slideshow Link | Mar 09, 2009
- Indigenous people in Peru's Central Jungle look to the future while preserving their culture and traditions, deeply rooted in the past. More »
- A new law changes the landscape for Peru's indigenous people
- News Update | Sep 02, 2011
- Oxfam and partners joined forces to support the consultation law, which gives communities greater decision-making power over their natural resources and ... More »
- New potential for conflict in Peru’s Amazon
- Feature Story | Jan 06, 2010
- Madre de Dios could be next flashpoint in ongoing confrontation between indigenous communities and foreign oil, gas, and mining companies. More »
- Food crisis in Guatemala
- Feature Story | Nov 06, 2009
- Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages. More »
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